In and out of rebel prisons . ) Tabl) took connnand of the prison camphe at once cut tliese down one-third. Capt. Tabb tookcommand the; 18th of May, relieving Major Turner (notDick Turner), who was a gentleman and a soldier, andwho seemed to try to make our imprisonment as endura-ble as possiljle. On the other hand, Tabb was a cow-. CAPT. IRSH BUCKED AND GAGGED BY CAPT. TABB, AT MACON, GA. IN AND OUT OF KEBEL PRISONS. 61 ardly rascal, who seemed to delight in nothing so muciias in adding to our discomfort and annoyance. He did not hesitate to plunder or rob the prisonersunder his charge, and i
In and out of rebel prisons . ) Tabl) took connnand of the prison camphe at once cut tliese down one-third. Capt. Tabb tookcommand the; 18th of May, relieving Major Turner (notDick Turner), who was a gentleman and a soldier, andwho seemed to try to make our imprisonment as endura-ble as possiljle. On the other hand, Tabb was a cow-. CAPT. IRSH BUCKED AND GAGGED BY CAPT. TABB, AT MACON, GA. IN AND OUT OF KEBEL PRISONS. 61 ardly rascal, who seemed to delight in nothing so muciias in adding to our discomfort and annoyance. He did not hesitate to plunder or rob the prisonersunder his charge, and if any one reposed contidenceenough in him, to let him have anything of value to sellt()r them, they were just out that amount. CaptainFrancis Irsh, of the 45th New York, let Tahl) take hiswatch and chain to see if he could sell it to some jewelerfor 8400, and after having been put off ou one excuseand another for several days, threatened to report Tabbfor swindling him, when he was bucked and gagged forthree hours, setting in the hot sun, as a punishment lorhis offence. His watch and chain was subsecpiently re-turned, Tabb 1)eing afraid that keeping it would get himinto trouble. The next day, he having Inward that I hada good iield glass, tried l)y soft talk al)out l)uying it, toget it into his possession, l)ut learning from
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